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The St. Mary’s faculty foster intellectual, social and ethical development, within a community dedicated to diversity and accessibility. We provide students with opportunities to understand and serve local, national and global communities, and to accomplish social change.

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Psychology Instructor Maria Kalantzis Selected as CEED Summer Research Fellow

January 30, 2024

Visiting Instructor of Psychology Maria Kalantzis was recently selected as a 2024 summer research fellow at the Center of Excellence in Eating Disorders at UNC-Chapel Hill. She will be investigating genetic risk factors of anorexia nervosa. Learn more about the program here.

Assoc. Professor González Hurtado Co-Edits Journal

January 30, 2024

Argelia González Hurtado, associate professor of Spanish, is co-editor of a dossier for the online academic journal Cuadernos del CILHA of the Interdisciplinary Center for Hispanic America Literature of the National University of Cuyo in Argentina. The dossier, titled "Redescubriendo el paisaje en… Find Out More

Professor Jennifer Cognard-Black Appointed as Inaugural Director of Student Fellowships and Awards

January 29, 2024

Following a rigorous application process led by a search committee comprised of faculty and staff, Professor Jennifer Cognard-Black has been appointed as the College's inaugural director of student fellowships and awards.

As outlined in Pillar I of The Rising Tide Strategic Plan, this will be a… Find Out More

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Brian C. Smithson Delivers Talk for the Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists

January 29, 2024

Portrait of Assistant Professor of Anthropology Brian Smithson in front of vegetation

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Brian C. Smithson delivered an invited talk titled "From Collaborator to Star: Ethnographic Fieldwork and Celebrity Labor in West African Digital FIlmmaking” for the Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists (WAPA) on January 24. Smithson focused on… Find Out More

Assistant Professor Howansky Delivers Invited Talk for LGBTQ+ Psychology Network

January 25, 2024

Assistant Professor of Psychology Kristina Howansky recently gave an invited talk entitled "Fantasy World, Real-Life Impact: The Benefits of RPGs for Transgender Identity Exploration" for the LGBTQ+ Psychology Network. Hosted by University of Glasgow, the talk focused on the St. Mary's Project… Find Out More

Psychology Student and Alum Awarded Research Grants from Psi Chi

January 24, 2024

Psychology and art major Katya Scott ’24 was selected as a recipient of a 2023-24 Fall Mamie Phipps Clark Diversity Research Grant from Psi Chi, the international honor society in psychology, for her project entitled “Art Therapy with Ukrainian Refugees.” The $1200 grant will help cover… Find Out More

Associate Professor Scott Mirabile Publishes Article in Journal of Adolescence

January 22, 2024

Associate Professor of Psychology Scott Mirabile and collaborators from the University of Puget Sound and Montana State University recently published an article titled “Development and adaptation of the Emotion Regulation Skills Questionnaire for adolescents" in the Journal of Adolescence.
The… Find Out More

Professor of English and Twain Scholar Ben Click Awarded a Quarry Farm Fellowship

January 22, 2024

Professor of English and Twain Scholar Ben Click has been awarded a Quarry Farm Fellowship in Elmira, New York, for the fall of 2024.

Click completed a five-year tenure in December 2023 as the editor of “The Mark Twain Annual,” the official publication of the Mark Twain Circle of America. The… Find Out More

Professor Bailey Joins Panel at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)

January 21, 2024

Professor of Psychology Aileen Bailey, along with four colleges from the Council on Undergraduate Research Transformations Project (CUR-TP) presented, “Leading Structural and Cultural Change to Advance Curricular Scaffolding for Equity” at the recent annual meeting of the American Association of… Find Out More

Professor Eberly Appointed to Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism

January 19, 2024

Professor Todd Eberly was recently appointed to a three-year term on the Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism by Maryland Governor Wes Moore.

The Commission was created in 1994 to oversee Maryland's AmeriCorps activities and resources under the National and Community Service Trust Act… Find Out More

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